ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (DNA): President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran
Khan have reaffirmed Pakistan’s unflinching moral, political and
diplomatic support to the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
till realization of their legitimate right to self-determination.

The President in his message said the UN Security Council through
several of its resolutions has upheld the fundamental right of Kashmiri
people to decide their own future through a fair and impartial
plebiscite held under the UN auspices.

He said since August 5th this year, India has imposed an inhuman
lockdown over 8 million people in the occupied Kashmir. The President
said Indian occupying forces are perpetrating unspeakable crimes against
Kashmiri people, including women and children, with complete impunity.

Prime Minister Imran Khan in his message said the Kashmir Black Day
being observed in Pakistan and across the world today is distinct from
the past.

He said on 27 October 1947, India had illegally occupied Jammu & Kashmir
and, on 5 August this year, it took further steps to unilaterally alter
the disputed status of the territory and change its demographic
structure and identity.

The Prime Minister said through deployment of additional troops and an
unprecedented media and communications blackout, Indian occupied Kashmir
has been turned into the largest prison on the planet.

He said Pakistan, the Kashmiris and Muslim Ummah, have categorically
rejected this travesty of law and justice.

Imran Khan said Pakistan demands immediate lifting of the curfew and
communications blackout as well as rescinding of India’s illegal and
unilateral actions in the occupied territory.

Prime Minister Imran Khan will plant Kashmir Freedom Tree in Islamabad
on the occasion of Kashmir Black Day today.

“We express our unshakable solidarity with the people of occupied Jammu
& Kashmir and assure our Kashmiri brothers and sisters that Pakistan
will always be shoulder-to-shoulder with them. Pakistan will continue
its full moral, political and diplomatic support until the Kashmiri
people realize their legitimate right to self-determination in
accordance with the United Nations Charter and the applicable UN
Security Council resolutions,” the Prime Minister remarked.

Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur in his message on the eve
of Black Day has asked international community to take early action
against Indian unilateral and illegal step of August 5, as Kashmiris are
facing curfew for the last 84 days. DNA